William Simon Wauchop (1889-1971)
- born in Christchurch
- trained at the Canterbury University College School of Art studying landscape under Alred W. WALSH graduating in 1910. He taught in Christchurch before becoming a librarian, and then chief librarian, at the General Assembly Library. He also studied dance. After studying dance in Sydney, he founded the Wauchop School of Dancing. He was a prominent member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts and was president from 1953-1962. His work was represented in New Zealand's Centennial Exhibition in Wellington in 1940.

He painted in watercolour and oil and his subjects were still life and landscapes, especially mountains, lakes and native forests.

He is represented at the Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Hocken Library, Dunedin, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, Rotorua Museum of Art and History, Rotorua, and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
- he is represented in the National Art Gallery, Wellington.
- he married Annie Elizabeth KIRKLEY (1884-1956) in 1927
- one of his paintings
- list of his paintings (70)
- Auction Houses which have sold his work:
Auction House - Value Sold - Number Sold
Dunbar Sloane, Wellington - $6,857 - 34
International Art Centre, Auckalnd - $2,269 - 7
Webb's, Epsom Auckland - $1,522 - 5
Cordy's, Remuera AUckland - $128 - 1